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  1. 1Uruguay3
  2. 1Taiwan3
  3. 1Trinidad and Tobago3
  4. 1Sweden3
  5. 1Seychelles3
  6. 1Ireland3
  7. 1Korea, Rep.3
  8. 1Cyprus3
  9. 1Denmark3
  10. 1Costa Rica3
  11. 1Australia3
  12. 1Barbados3
  13. 1Japan3
  14. 1Belgium3
  15. 1Lithuania3
  16. 1Luxembourg3
  17. 1Italy3
  18. 1France3
  19. 1Spain3
  20. 1Germany3
  21. 1Latvia3
  22. 1Austria3
  23. 1Estonia3
  24. 1Finland3
  25. 1Chile3
  26. 1Iceland3
  27. 1Czechia3
  28. 1Switzerland3
  29. 1Netherlands3
  30. 1Norway3
  31. 1New Zealand3
  32. 2Mauritius2
  33. 2Panama2
  34. 2Paraguay2
  35. 2Malaysia2
  36. 2Mongolia2
  37. 2Sao Tome and Principe2
  38. 2Poland2
  39. 2Malawi2
  40. 2Suriname2
  41. 2Senegal2
  42. 2Romania2
  43. 2Namibia2
  44. 2Montenegro2
  45. 2Malta2
  46. 2Solomon Islands2
  47. 2Portugal2
  48. 2Nigeria2
  49. 2Nepal2
  50. 2Peru2
  51. 2Bhutan2
  52. 2United Kingdom2
  53. 2Ecuador2
  54. 2Colombia2
  55. 2Lesotho2
  56. 2Greece2
  57. 2Sri Lanka2
  58. 2Brazil2
  59. 2Ghana2
  60. 2Armenia2
  61. 2Cabo Verde2
  62. 2Maldives2
  63. 2Dominican Republic2
  64. 2Kenya2
  65. 2Fiji2
  66. 2Bolivia2
  67. 2Gambia, The2
  68. 2Liberia2
  69. 2Canada2
  70. 2Croatia2
  71. 2Israel2
  72. 2Argentina2
  73. 2Guyana2
  74. 2Honduras2
  75. 2Bulgaria2
  76. 2Moldova2
  77. 2Jamaica2
  78. 2Guatemala2
  79. 2North Macedonia2
  80. 2Botswana2
  81. 2Slovak Republic2
  82. 2United States2
  83. 2Timor-Leste2
  84. 2Slovenia2
  85. 2South Africa2
  86. 2Vanuatu2
  87. 3Uzbekistan1
  88. 3Zambia1
  89. 3Venezuela, RB1
  90. 3Zimbabwe1
  91. 3Tajikistan1
  92. 3Chad1
  93. 3Thailand1
  94. 3Tanzania1
  95. 3Uganda1
  96. 3Turkiye1
  97. 3Togo1
  98. 3Turkmenistan1
  99. 3Tunisia1
  100. 3Ukraine1
  101. 3Kazakhstan1
  102. 3Iran, Islamic Rep.1
  103. 3Djibouti1
  104. 3Burundi1
  105. 3Gabon1
  106. 3Lebanon1
  107. 3Algeria1
  108. 3Hungary1
  109. 3India1
  110. 3Cameroon1
  111. 3Ethiopia1
  112. 3Benin1
  113. 3Georgia1
  114. 3Comoros1
  115. 3Equatorial Guinea1
  116. 3Cote d'Ivoire1
  117. 3Iraq1
  118. 3Albania1
  119. 3Angola1
  120. 3Cambodia1
  121. 3Azerbaijan1
  122. 3Central African Republic1
  123. 3Kyrgyz Republic1
  124. 3Bosnia and Herzegovina1
  125. 3Congo, Dem. Rep.1
  126. 3Egypt, Arab Rep.1
  127. 3Indonesia1
  128. 3Congo, Rep.1
  129. 3Mexico1
  130. 3Sierra Leone1
  131. 3Singapore1
  132. 3Papua New Guinea1
  133. 3Philippines1
  134. 3Nicaragua1
  135. 3Mozambique1
  136. 3Russian Federation1
  137. 3Rwanda1
  138. 3Mauritania1
  139. 3Pakistan1
  140. 3El Salvador1
  141. 3Serbia1
  142. 4Mali0
  143. 4Saudi Arabia0
  144. 4Oman0
  145. 4Sudan0
  146. 4South Sudan0
  147. 4Qatar0
  148. 4Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  149. 4Niger0
  150. 4Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  151. 4Myanmar0
  152. 4China0
  153. 4Afghanistan0
  154. 4United Arab Emirates0
  155. 4Kuwait0
  156. 4Burkina Faso0
  157. 4Madagascar0
  158. 4Belarus0
  159. 4Cuba0
  160. 4Guinea0
  161. 4Hong Kong SAR, China0
  162. 4Eritrea0
  163. 4Haiti0
  164. 4Morocco0
  165. 4Guinea-Bissau0
  166. 4Bahrain0
  167. 4Libya0
  168. 4Jordan0
  169. 4Lao PDR0
  170. 4Bangladesh0
  171. 4Syrian Arab Republic0
  172. 4Eswatini0
  173. 4Viet Nam0
  174. 4Yemen, Rep.0

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